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APPLICATION FILED MAY 2- 19!]- Patented Dec-18,1917.

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as; mu g LOUIS REIBS'IEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARTER.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed May 2, 1917. Serial No. 165,892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS RnIBs'rErN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garters and more especially to improvements in pad garters which are designed to prevent any metal from coming in contact with the skin of the wearer.

The improvement relates more specifically to that type of garter known as a pad garter in which the end of the garter band has a loop or other engaging member fastening in a stud or othermember permanently at tached to the pad.

The accompanying drawing will show this more clearly, in which,

Figure 1 represents afront elevation of a complete garter embodying this invention,

Fig. 2 is a front view of the form of stud and fastening plate which forms the gist of my invention, and

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same member.

A represents a garter band terminating at one end in the large protective pad B and the other in the metal loop member G which at its contracted end D engages the stud E of'the fastening member F. The member F is secured to the protective pad B by a series of stitches through the slot G but it has been found in practice that owing to the movements of the wearer of the garter, the rows of stitching H have a tendency to move and work loose upon the plate F. The maximum of wear and tension is exerted upon the stud E and where the stitching H has an opportunity to creep upon the bar J, the entire member F is apt to become loosened, thus destroying the usefulness of the garter.

To obviate this customary defect, I have formed a series of nodules or points upon the reverse side of the bar J by striking up these nodules by means of a die upon the face of the bar, thus leaving the front of the bar with the slight concavities K and the rear of the bar'with the slight oonvexities K. These nodules are sufficient to keep the rows of stitching I-I permanently in place without creeping and result in agarter of greatly increased efficiency.

A further advantage of this series of nodules or convexities is that in the process of stitching the clasp member to the garter pad, these nodules tend to take hold of and to become embedded in the surface of the pad so that the clasp member is not easily moved from its fixed position on the pad.

What I claim is 1. In a garter of the type described, a stud plate having a slot and a series of protuberances adjacent said slot on the rear portion thereof, and a corresponding series of indentations on the front portion thereof, said protuberance-s being adapted to engage the face of the pad and said indentations being adapted to engage with the stitching through said slot.

2. In a' garter of the type described, a stud plate having a slot and a series of raised nodules projecting from the surface of said stud plate adjacent said slot and opposite the stud, and a series of corresponding indentations opposite said series of nodules, said nodules being adapted to hold said stud plate into close contact with the surface of the pad of said garter and said indentations being adapted to engage with the stitching through said slot.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

LOUIS REIBSTEIN.

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